WNBA team season
The 2014 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association . It is their 12th in Connecticut. Following one of the worst seasons in team history, the Sun look to bounce back with a brand new team - filled with youth.
The Sun's offseason included trading disgruntled stars Tina Charles to the New York Liberty and Kara Lawson to the Washington Mystics . They also traded Sandrine Gruda to the Los Angeles Sparks for a 1st Round pick in the 2014 WNBA draft . They brought back Katie Douglas , after she spent several season with the Indiana Fever . The Sun re-signed a few key players as well, pairing them with their high draft picks, setting up a potential exciting season.
The following are the Sun's selections in the 2014 WNBA draft .[ 1]
Player Signed Former team Alex Bentley March 12, 2014 Atlanta Dream Katie Douglas March 24, 2014 Free Agent Signee Kelley Cain March 25, 2014 Free Agent Signee Keisha Hampton April 1, 2014 Free Agent Signee Kelsey Bone April 14, 2014 New York Liberty Alyssa Thomas April 14, 2014 New York Liberty /Draft Pick DeNesha Stallworth April 23, 2014 Draft Pick Shenneika Smith April 23, 2014 Free Agent Signee Yelena Leuchanka April 24, 2014 Free Agent Signee Chiney Ogwumike April 24, 2014 Draft Pick Alyssa Thomas April 28, 2014 Draft Pick
Player Left New team Kara Lawson March 12, 2014 Washington Mystics Mistie Bass March 20, 2014 Phoenix Mercury Sandrine Gruda March 31, 2014 Los Angeles Sparks Tina Charles April 14, 2014 New York Liberty Tan White April 16, 2014 Minnesota Lynx Shenneika Smith April 30, 2014 Waived Keisha Hampton April 30, 2014 Waived DeNesha Stallworth May 7, 2014 Waived Sydney Carter May 8, 2014 Indiana Fever Kalana Greene May 12, 2014 Waived Yelena Leuchanka May 15, 2014 Waived
2014 Connecticut Sun roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 20 Bentley, Alex 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) 10-27-1990 Penn State 1 F/C 14 Bone, Kelsey 6' 4" (1.93m) 215 lb (98kg) 12-31-1991 Texas A&M 1 C 52 Cain, Kelley 6' 6" (1.98m) 220 lb (100kg) 05-16-1989 Tennessee 1 G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-07-1979 Purdue 13 G 34 Faris, Kelly 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) 01-16-1991 Connecticut 1 G 15 Gilbreath, Briana 6' 0" (1.83m) 150 lb (68kg) 08-16-1990 USC 2 F 5 Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) 07-02-1987 Nebraska 4 G 3 Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) 04-06-1988 LSU 4 F 16 Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) 08-27-1982 USC 10 G/F 4 McCray, Danielle 5' 11" (1.8m) 170 lb (77kg) 10-08-1987 Kansas 2 G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 5 F 13 Ogwumike, Chiney 6' 4" (1.93m) 173 lb (78kg) 03-21-1992 Stanford R F 7 Pedersen, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 04-14-1989 Stanford 3 F 25 Thomas, Alyssa 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 04-12-1992 Maryland R
Head coach Anne Donovan (Old Dominion ) Assistant coaches Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi ) Steven Key (Boston University ) Athletic trainer Jeremy Norman(Keene State College ) Strength and conditioning coach Lisa White (Stony Brook ) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
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